Singer-songwriter Stef Bos was born 1961 in Veenendaal (Netherlands) and mo… Read Full Bio ↴Singer-songwriter Stef Bos was born 1961 in Veenendaal (Netherlands) and moved to Belgium in 1984. He has been active in multiple artistic disciplines: beside cabaret and theatre he is best known for his music. He both writes for others as well as for himself, mostly in Dutch.
In Dutch speaking countries he is best known for his 1991 hit record ‘Papa’ - about a father/son relation. Since then he has made several albums and has also become quite popular amongst the Afrikaner population of South-Africa where he recorded several songs with crossovers between his European style and the tribal sounds of Southern Africa.
In 2004 he published as a poet. He is still performing and developing new material.

Het Zegt Genoeg
Stef Bos Lyrics

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Mijn moeder denkt
Dat ik niet zie
Hoeveel zij
Om mij geeft

Maar ik heb met haar
Voor ik bestond
Al maandenlang

Geleefd

Het zegt genoeg
Als zij mij ziet
Het zegt genoeg
Meer zegt het niet

Ik zie haar voor me
In het donker
In een slapeloze nacht
Ongerust over mij
In een verre
Vreemde stad

En ik voel opeens
Hoe alleen
Een mens kan zijn
Met de angst
Dat degene die je liefhebt
Ooit verdwijnt

Het zegt genoeg
Als ik haar zie
Het zegt genoeg
Meer zegt het niet

Ik ben al zo lang weg van hier
Maar zij kijkt me aan
Ik lees haar gedachten
En ik zie dat zij mij

Nog steeds niet
Heeft laten gaan

Overall Meaning

In Stef Bos's song Het Zegt Genoeg, the lyrics describe the connection between a mother and her child. The first verse explains that the mother thinks that her child doesn't notice how much she cares for him/her, but in reality, the child has lived with her for months even before he/she existed. This reveals the bond that exists even before birth and how a mother's love is unconditional and ever-present. The chorus emphasizes this point by stating that when the mother sees her child, it speaks volumes about their relationship. The second verse describes the child's experience of being away from home for a long time in a foreign city, which makes him/her realize how lonely one can feel without the people they love. The lyrics reveal that the mother worries about the child, highlighting the mother's protective nature even when the child is grown up. The last two lines show how the mother has not let go of her child even though he/she has been away from home for a long time.

Line by Line Meaning

Mijn moeder denkt
My mother believes

Dat ik niet zie
That I do not see

Hoeveel zij
How much she

Om mij geeft
Cares about me

Maar ik heb met haar
But I have lived with her

Voor ik bestond
Before I existed

Al maandenlang
For months

Geleefd
I have existed

Het zegt genoeg
It says enough

Als zij mij ziet
When she sees me

Het zegt genoeg
It says enough